Zoe Williams (1) (1973–)

DON'T BE FOOLED BY THIS BOOK...

When I started reading Zoe Williams, 'get it together', I thought that I wasn't going to enjoy it. It is not like the majority of political books. Whilst it has a left wing bias, it does not push any political party and does not take the usual preachy style. Zoe simply puts the facts to her audience, in a light-hearted eminently readable format. The inevitable conclusions are for the reader to draw.

In a series of chapters, each focussed upon a different aspect of our bust political system, she explains why we still have poverty, what is happening to the NHS, the housing and education system - and much more. These are not just rants upon the unfairness of life, these are well researched articles explaining the way things work in our society: no opinion so, nothing to argue against. This is very powerful and a must read book.

The elite have managed to make reading a minority activity amongst the ordinary person in the street. The stress of 21st century life is such that, unfortunately, most are only up to Bridget Jones' Diary after a day of worrying about unemployment, or demeaning themselves to keep their job. If we could get this book in front of the masses, the establishment would be defeated tomorrow.… (meer)